Shingle



Nov. 6, 1928.

L. w. BLOCK SHINGLE Fil ed July 14, 1927 f/i orwe Patented Nov. 6, 1928.

PATENT oFF ICE.

LESLIE W. BLOCK, WEBSTER GROVES, MISSOURI.

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Application filed July 1;, 192 Serial No. 205,6a2.

My invention relates to shingles and, while a shingle embodying theimprovements which I have invented may be made of any material myinvent-ion is more particularly directed to improvements in compositionshingles.

Heretofore numerous attempts have been made to provide a shingle andmore particularly a composition shingle which can be quick] and easilylaid and yet which will when aid form a substantial and weatherproofroof. In composition roofs it is especially desirable that the shinglesbe laid symmetrically because they are sometimes made in differentcolors and in order to get a desired combination of colors ,or a designin different colors it is necessary that the shingles be laid in perfectsymmetry accord ing to a predetermined pattern.

Such shingles as have been made in attempts to overcome thesedifficulties and to achieve the required purposes have been failures inthat if the shingle was made .sothat it could be quickly and easily laidthe shingles when laid would not be symmetrical and if the shingleswere'made so as to be laid symmetrically the proper laying. thereofwould be hard, and consequently, would take a great deal'of time andlabor and, therefore,-

would be excessive in cost.

The objects of my invention are to provide a shingle which is soconstructed and arranged that it may be quickly and easily laid in anydesired-form.

Several forms of shingles embodying my invention are .shown in theaccompanying drawings wherein similar letters are used to designatesimllar parts: Figs. 1 and'2 show one form of shingle; Figs. 3 and 4show another form of shingle; and Figs. 5 and 6 show the method oflaying the form of shingle shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

Referring to the figures each form of shingle embodying my inventionconsists of a substantially fiat section A of weatherproof 'material,which section is preferably of substantially rectangular shape and,prefer-- ably, is of substantially uniformsthickness' throughoutitsarea. Each shingle also has a raised portion B, preferably, positionednear the upper end of the shingle and centrally transversely of theweather face thereof and arranged to extend upwardly from the weatherface of the shingle a distance substantially equal to the thickness ofthe shingle. Preferably at the lower end 'of the raised portion B' areformed lugs C which, as

shown, project transversely ,outwardly' from the sides of the raisedportion B. Each side edge of the shingle has an inwardly extending notchD of a shape and size to conform to the shape andjsize of the lugs C,all for the purposes more fully hereinafter set forth.

-The raised portion B may be formed on the weather face of the shinglein anyone of several different ,Ways but I have found that the cheapestand best way of forming it is by stamping out a part of the uppermarginal surface of the. shingle to conform to the desired contour ofthe raised portion and bending thls stamped out portion back against theweather face of the shingle and then fixing it in bent back position bycement or any other suitable means. In the form of shingle shown inFigs. 1 and 2 of the drawing, the

raised portion has been formed in this way. The only objection toforming-the raised portion as described above is that Wheh the shinglesare used to form a roof, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6 and as will be morefully hereinafter described, a portion of the roof will be formed ofonly onethickness of weatherproof j material. If it is desired thatthere be two thicknesses of' weatherproof material at all :pointsof theroof the raised portion may be formed as in the form of shingleshownj'in' F igs.'3 and l of the drawings. In this form the shingle hasan extension piece E protruding outwardly from the upper end thereof. Aseparate piece of weatherproof material of a size and shape to conformto the size and shape of the desired raised portion and to ex..- tendalong the extension E is cut separately and then fixed to the weatherface of the shingle by cement or any other suitable means. In eitherform of shingle the operation of forming a roof'therewith is the same.

This operation is as follows :-The laying of the shingles is started atthe eaves and the first and. second courses are, preferably, laid at thesame time, as shown in Fig. 6. Adj acent shingles in the first courseare spaced transversely from one another when the so that the shin lescomprising the second course will extend downwardly and cover thenotches D in the shingles comprising the first course. After the firstand second courses are laid as described and nailed the other coursesare laid until the top of the roof is reached, and the laying of thesevcourses is effected in the same way as the laying of the first twocourses with the raised portions B on the shingles spacing the-adjacentshingles in a course transversely from one another and with the lugs Cand notches D- in register spacing the adjacent courses longitudinallyin relation to one another.

It may be readily seen that with the use of my shingles a roof may bequickly and easily formed and the shingles which form the roofwill belaid in perfect symmetry. Since the raised portion B is on the weatherface of the shingle it is not necessary to feel by moving the shinglearound when the parts are in register but, to the contrary, the ersonlaying the shingles may readily see w an the sides of adjacent shinglesin one course are against the sides of the raised portion 1 B of theshingles in'the adjacent lower course and, likewise, the person can seewhen the .lugs C are in the'not'ches D.

Also, when a 'roofis laid the engagement between the lugs C and notchesD will, as clearly shown in Fig. 5, prevent rain or wind from J passingupwardly between adjacent shingles in a course and the roof will be muchmore weatherproof then a roof formed Asstated above, only two forms ofshingles embodying my invention are shown in the drawing but it may bereadily understood that I do not purpose to limit, myself to anyparticular forms of shingles since shingles may be made in variousshapesand sizes within the limits of the claims included below and yet notdeviate from the spirit of my inventio v What I claim as new and desireby Letters Patent, is

1. A shingle consisting of a section of to secure form to the size andshape of said lugs, whereby the said notches may receive the lu s on'the'attached portions of the next ower' course.

2. A roof formed of a plurality of shingles laid in courses, each ofsaid shingles consisting of a section of weatherproof .material ofsubstantially uniform thickness through-,

out its area and each of the shingles in a course having on its weatherface and substantially centrally transversely thereof a raised portionextending upward y a distance substantially equal to the thickness ofsaid shingle, and said raised portion being otherwise adapted andarranged to engage the "sides of adjacent shingles'in an upper adjacentcourse and thereby space said adjacent shingles transversely in relationto one another, and each of said shingles having lugs extendingoutwardly transversely from each side of said raised portion and alsohavin a notch formed on the side edges of isait l shingle and said lugsand said notches being so adapted and arranged that the lugs on ashingle in one course may be engaged in the notches in adjacent shinglesin a lower adjacent course whereby the shin les comprising said onecourse will be spa longitudinallyfrom the shingles comprising saidadjacent course.

In witness whereof I have signed my name to the foregoing specification.

LESLIE w. BLOCK.

